Guardian Music — Scala, LondonFirst Aid Kit seem to emanate from some strange Nordic Nashville. Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg play a stripped-down, haunting strain of alt-country rock that sounds as if it should spring from the loins of dusty midwest p... more info

Stereogum — On this Friday’s episode of Portlandia, Joanna Newsom shows up in a sketch. And you don’t actually have to wait until then to watch it; it’s below. In said sketch, Newsom plays part of a group of flower-children having an ethereal meadow jam se... more info

Stereogum — Austin City Limits has been on something of a roll lately. Over the last couple of weeks, the PBS music-performance show has featured Arcade Fire on one show and Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom on another. And on this past weekend’s episode, the show... more info

Stereogum — Last week, we posted a pair of previews of the Fleet Foxes/Joanna Newsom episode of the PBS music-performance show Austin City Limits. The episode aired over the weekend, and now the entire thing, 54 minutes of straight freak-folk bliss, is online. W... more info

Chorus.fm — Watch the new episode of Austin City Limits here (http://video.pbs.org/video/2186238787) which features sets from *Fleet Foxes* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/fleetfoxes) and *Joanna Newsom* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/joannanewsom). more info

Stereogum — The next episode of the much-loved PBS music show Austin City Limits promises to be a serious bucolic freak-folk party. The show’s January 21 episode will have performances from both Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom, which almost seems like overkill. ... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — [Joanna Newsom's ACL taping airs this Saturday on PBS] more info

Stereogum — The excellent first single from Julia Holter’s forthcoming RVNG LP Ekstasis now has a video which plays with the tone and feel of the album’s cover art. The track’s called “Marienbad,” and for all the words we offered last time, it’s most... more info

Guardian Music — Sawhney's show was a welcome departure from the usual world music fareNitin Sawhney Spins the Globe (Radio 2) sounds on paper like what we used to call a world music show. And Sawhney's comments during the opening of last night's first programme back... more info

Stereogum — Joanna Newsom’s highly anticipated “Good Intentions Paving Company” video was directed by Karni & Saul way back in June. We showed you fun behind-the-scenes photos then; now, we’ve got some live action footage, albeit less than one minute lon... more info